Since August, Zoe and I have gotten out one to three times a week to cycle our neighborhood.  She is in American Heritage Girls and decided to work on her cycling badge.  To complete the badge, she has to do a 10 mile ride and a 20 mile ride.  So, we’ve been “training” with a goal of cycling the 10 miles by the end of October.

And we did it!

We actually got almost 13 miles in.  We had a wonderful time.  There are a few walking/bike trails in our area.  The one we chose to do was between the river and a canal.  It was the original tow path for the canal (the boats would go down the canal and donkeys would tow them back up).
Our before! To say that this trail is gorgeous is putting it mildly.  I’m afraid my cell phone pictures are not doing it justice either.

Our after!

Zoe kept saying she wants to bike it every Saturday.  We had such a wonderful time and the scenery kept it from feeling like we were actually working!

Our plan is to try the 20 mile (well about 23) in April when there is a big charity ride.